A cloisonné enamel 'lotus' zhadou, Ming dynasty, 16th century | 明十六世紀 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋渣斗

Compare a slightly smaller zhadou with the same decoration, from the Pierre Uldry Collection, included in the exhibition Chinesisches Cloisonné. Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Rietberg Museum, Zurich, 1985, cat. no. 86; another decorated with buddhist lions, from the collection of David David-Weill (1871-1952), now in the Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris, exhibited in Cloisonné: Chinese enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, Bard Graduate Center, New York, 2011, cat. no. 3.19; and a third example from the collection of Caramoor Center For Music And The Arts, sold in our New York rooms, 15th March 2016, lot 129.